pritchard yet. as ed's case plays out in court, fbi agent robert wittman is paying very close attention. >> he was veryout, pritchard and his partners had been running the same kind of scam on others who had civil war artifacts. >> usually 10 times was what they were selling material for after they had appraised it for 1/10 of value. >> ed's lawsuit helps wittman and the fbi build a criminal case. >> in the end, there was a superseding criminal indictment that had more than 20 counts in it. >> faced with a mountain of evidence against him, pritchard strikes a deal in 2001 with prosecutors and pleads guilty. he's sentenced to a year in prison and 830k in restitution fees. half of that sum is awarded to ed pickett, but... >> russ pritchard doesn't seem to have the money. i think i've received a total of maybe $25,000, $30,000. >> are you furious? >> i'm pretty upset. >> look in the camera and tell russ pritchard what you want him to do. >> i would like for russ pritchard to actually pay the restitution. but moreover i would like the national civil war museum to do the right thing and actually return my i